The psychology and philosophy of performance is a character is Soul of a Lifter. All performance starts in the mind. Performance starts at the top and drives downward. The psychology and philosophy of performance determines what we do, who we become, and how far we go. The principles of high-performance escape most people. Everyone wants to be a high-performer but either don’t know how or are ...

Policing changes you. Like any job, it’s transformational – good or bad. Policing is a character in Soul of a Lifter. It connects the human characters. True stories are used to show how a profession acts as an intersection of unique but similar personalities. We all have a distinguishing character, a one-of-a-kind DNA. But we closely share ideas, interests, passion, even obsessions that ...

Among the many features of Soul of a Lifter is the multiple themes. One of the prominent themes is fat loss. Fat is a character in the book. Fat plays a big role, both in terms of losing it and fighting its return. Losing fat is not easy. Soul of a Lifter explains how a 12-year old did it on his own, with a lot of inner guidance. Soul of a Lifter includes the story of one person’s struggle ...

God works in mysterious ways. Soul of a Lifter includes a number of themes including synchronicity. What looks like a coincidence is really a connection. We intersect with others, crossing paths that most often goes unnoticed, Soul of a Lifter explores a series of intersections that happened for a reason – to determine purpose. What we make of an intersection determines purpose. We direct ...

Soul of a Lifter is a reality show in writing. It looks behind the scenes of 6 careers – policing, coaching, working out, teaching, business, writing. Experience is the most skilled teacher. Each career had its unique struggles, the adversities that test what we’ve got and what we don’t have. Along the way, people are put in our path. What we do when path cross determines what happens to ...

Soul of a Lifter is a dual meaning title. It refers to the soul that drives people to lift heavy weight. And it refers to the soul that lifts others. I chose the title to introduce several themes starting with my belief that my soul led me to lifting weights which changed my life. I was an obese, dysfunctional 12-year-old. No human led me to the gym. No human drove me to by my first barbell ...

Soul of a lifter is not a weight lifting book but fitness is a star character in the book. I started writing the book as a technical fitness book but it sounded boring so I changed it to a non-fiction novel, a different kind of motivational book with several themes. Soul of a Lifter is unlike any book you’ve ever read. The writing style, the chapter sequence, and the messages are conveyed ...